Libya update of the day: Attacks on media continue across Middle East PROTESTS CONTINUE

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2 things for today....

Twitter updates and 1 news story.

@ChangeInLibya
@CNN wondering where the world media is on libya.... apparently people are getting shot from helicoptors in benghazi... #libya

@ChangeInLibya
PLS RT! Eyewitness to #aljazeera: 13 killed and over 20 injured in what he describe as a massacre in #Beida #Libya #Feb17

CONFIRMED: Demnstrtions in #Derna chantin "Ya sa7afa, waynkum waynkum" "Media! Where are you? Where are you?" #Libya #Benghazi

The problem of Aljazeera Arabic is that their official correspondent in Libya is a well known registered member of Gaddafi's Revol. commit.

CONFIRMED: Demonstrations in Zintan, Headquarters of Gaddafi's Revolutionary Committee in Zintan burnt down #Feb17 #Libya #Benghazi


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Attacks on media continue across Middle East

New York, February 16, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the continued assaults on journalists covering anti-government demonstrations in the Middle East. In recent days, journalists have been obstructed, assaulted, or detained in Libya, Bahrain, Iran, and Yemen. Authorities have also slowed down Internet connection and blocked websites, according to local journalists.

"It's alarming to see Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Iran, take a page from Egypt and Tunisia to use violence and censorship to stop coverage of political unrest," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. "The international community must speak out against these deliberate acts of media obstruction."

http://cpj.org/2011/02/attacks-on-media-continue-across-middle-east.php